PressTV-Why is Mike Pompeo in North Korea

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is engaged in a protracted political negotiation with North Koreans to reach an agreement on the country’s nuclear weapons while President Donald Trump is distracted with other issues, according to E. Michael Jones, an American writer and political analyst in Indiana.

Jones, a writer, former professor, media commentator and the current editor of the Culture Wars magazine, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Friday.

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just arrived in North Korea to discuss a further attempt at the denuclearization of North Korea. What we are seeing here is the follow up of the historic meeting Kim John-un had with Donald Trump just a little while ago,” Jones said.

“What we are seeing also here is the fallout of Trump’s negotiating policies which we had seen in his book the Art of Deal. He has the practice of making outrageous claims at the beginning of any…